Practical Application of Runes

Chapter 72 Practical Application of Runes

Bai Qi focused his mental energy into the ring and saw a vast grassland with faint traces of planting.

"This secret realm used to be used to raise plant-type pets, but it was recently moved out, and the environment is quite good now."

President Qin said, "However, you should still be careful. If you overdo it, you'll be the one who suffers."

Bai Qi nodded repeatedly and began planning the transformation of the secret realm.

Bai Qi needs to rebuild his own studio. He obtained the mechanical system illustrations from Yi Yu, which range from level one to six, and he needs to spend some time studying them.

The husky enclosure also needs to be rebuilt, and it has to be explosion-proof.

And then there's Alpha's training room...

This is another massive project.

"There's one more thing. The association plans to gather the latest batch of special training members for training at headquarters. So after your assessment, you can go directly to headquarters to report for duty."

"I've already spoken to Professor Chu, so you don't need to worry about your studies."

Bai Qi was taken aback and said, "Is Professor Chu really that easy to talk to?"

At Star Machine Academy, Professor Chu is the most senior and also the most difficult to deal with. Even if Bai Qi had taken the exam, he might not have been able to get a passing grade from Professor Chu.

"Professor Chu is just strict, not pedantic. Besides, don't you have any idea how long it's been since you last attended class?"

President Qin glanced at Bai Qi and said, "I've already spoken with Professor Chu. All you need to do is submit one assignment to him before the start of the next semester."

"I see."

Bai Qi nodded and said, "Then I'll go back and prepare?"

"Get lost, just seeing you makes me angry."

President Qin waved his hand, signaling Bai Qi to leave quickly. Bai Qi felt relieved and left promptly.

"This guy is really unreliable. I suddenly understand Hikaru's feelings a little."

Seeing Bai Qi's departing figure, Chairman Qin shook his head helplessly.

……

Bai Qi returned home and immediately began packing and organizing.

Rune Set, Celestial Water, Angel Fruit...

Bai Qi organized all the items related to beast taming, and then took out the core ring of the secret realm and put it on his hand. He controlled his mental power to cover the things in front of him, and the originally crowded courtyard was suddenly empty.

"Tsk, having a spatial device is so awesome! Mom won't have to worry about me not knowing how to tidy up anymore."

Bai Qi nodded in satisfaction, looking at the equipment and materials that appeared in the secret realm. He then used his mental power to envelop himself, and he also appeared in the secret realm.

As it was once a place used to cultivate plant-type pets, the environment of this secret realm was obviously much better than that of the Twin Towers, and the space was also quite large, about twenty or thirty acres, enough for him to make his mark.

"Let's tidy up our things first, and then start preparing for tomorrow's assessment."

Seeing the large pile of things in front of him, Bai Qi summoned his two pets.

Wang Wang!

(Where is this place?!)

The husky was clearly curious about this unfamiliar place, cautiously surveying its surroundings. However, once it was sure there was no danger, it began to run wildly, completely ignoring Bai Qi's commands.

"This guy is definitely unreliable."

Bai Qi shook his head helplessly, then directed Alpha to start tidying up together.

It was called sorting, but it was really just a simple categorization. There was no power in the secret realm, so many devices were unusable. Therefore, one person and one skeleton quickly completed the task.

"I'll have to work on an energy system later. I'll check out Jiuding Mall when I have time."

After Bai Qi finished tidying up his things, he found a spider ball that had been marked with explosive runes by a husky.

Because it's spherical, the explosive runes on the spider web are somewhat crooked, but overall it's still considered a success.

Bai Qi looked at the spider ball in his hand with some eagerness, but considering the uncertainty of what the husky might do, he handed the spider ball to Alpha.

"Alpha, let's see how it goes."

Crackling.

Alpha nodded and threw the spider ball out forcefully.

boom.

The spider web slammed heavily to the ground, but nothing changed; the web didn't even unfurl.

"broken?"

Bai Qi had Alpha retrieve the spider web, and after a careful examination, he found no problems.

"Could it be that the wrong person is using it?"

Bai Qi turned his gaze to the husky that was still running around happily and had Alpha pick it up and bring it over.

"Beta, is the one you detonated before the same one as this one?"

Huh?

(What's wrong?)

The husky curiously took the spider ball, examined it for a moment, and then threw it away.

boom!

The spider web exploded immediately, blasting a large crater into the once flat grassland, and the scattered spider webs made the surrounding area a complete mess.

Sure enough, we have to give this guy his own section.

Bai Qi looked at the slowly recovering secret realm, grabbed the husky, and said, "Make it again for me right now."

Upon hearing this, the husky's eyes lit up, and its mechanical arms swayed continuously as it quickly assembled a spider ball.

Immediately afterwards, the husky used the carving knife that Bai Qi had obtained from the Tower of Gratitude to crookedly and awkwardly carve explosive runes onto the spider ball, and a brand new explosive spider ball was born.

Bai Qi put on his rune-patterned glasses, which were light red and in very poor condition.

"Try throwing it out again."

The husky received the command and threw the spider ball again, triggering the explosive rune once more. However, this time it was frozen by Alpha with frost before it could explode.

"I see. Explosive power was infused during the carving process. No wonder it can achieve such an effect with such a low level of completion."

Bai Qi nodded. Explosive power combined with explosive runes—that was indeed a quick way to enhance the husky's combat strength.

It's just a bit dangerous.

"From now on, you can only inscribe explosive runes on these things when you've finished drawing the runes, understand?"

Bai Qi stared intently at the husky, while the husky looked utterly miserable.

Awooo...

(Human, how could you do this?)

Bai Qi completely ignored the husky, turned to Alpha, randomly picked up an ice-attribute rune, and said, "Alpha, try carving it with ice-attribute energy."

Alpha nodded, took the carving knife from Bai Qi, and began carving on an ice brick.

Crackling.

(Boss, all done.)

After these days of training, Alpha's carving skills were significantly better than Husky's. The moment the rune was completed, Bai Qi even saw a radiance cover the entire ice block.

"Beta, use the Bursting Claw on this ice block."

Huh?

(Human, who are you looking down on?)

The husky looked at Bai Qi with a puzzled expression, but still obediently used its Exploding Claws.

The red energy flowed into the ice block through the husky's paw, but instead of shattering it as the husky had expected, it only created a hole in the ice block.

Huh?

(Art, gone?)

Rune: Solidification.

Bai Qi's eyes lit up. Ignoring the distraught husky, he found all the ice and dark attribute runes and had Alpha try them one by one.

These are practical runes; I'll test them out during tomorrow's assessment!

(End of this chapter)